# Military ranks of Austria

The Military ranks of Austria (or Ranks of the Bundesheer) are the military insignia used by the Austrian Armed Forces. Austria is a landlocked country and has no navy.

## Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| Cap | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Service uniform | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Field uniform | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | General | General | Generalleutnant | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Generalmajor | Brigadier | Brigadier | Oberst | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | Major | Major | Hauptmann | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant |
| Official translation | | | General | General | Lieutenant general | Lieutenant general | Major general | Major general | Brigadier general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Major | Captain | Captain | First lieutenant | First lieutenant | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
| Equivalent NATO code | OF-9 | OF-9 | OF-9 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF-1 | OF-1 | OF-1 | OF-1 | OF-1 |

### Student officer ranks

| Rank group | Student officer |
| Cap | |
| Service uniform | |
| Field uniform | |
| | Fähnrich |
| Official translation | Officer cadet |

## Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Non-commissioned officer | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted |
| Cap | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Service uniform | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Field uniform | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Vizeleutnant | Vizeleutnant | Vizeleutnant | Offiziersstellvertreter | Offiziersstellvertreter | Offiziersstellvertreter | Oberstabswachtmeister | Oberstabswachtmeister | Stabswachtmeister | Stabswachtmeister | Oberwachtmeister | Oberwachtmeister | Oberwachtmeister | Oberwachtmeister | Oberwachtmeister | Oberwachtmeister | Wachtmeister | Wachtmeister | Wachtmeister | Wachtmeister | Wachtmeister | Wachtmeister | Zugsführer | Zugsführer | Zugsführer | Zugsführer | Korporal | Korporal | Gefreiter | Gefreiter | Gefreiter | Gefreiter | Gefreiter | Gefreiter | Rekrut | Rekrut |
| Official translation | Warrant officer I | Warrant officer I | Warrant officer I | Warrant officer II | Warrant officer II | Warrant officer II | Warrant officer III | Warrant officer III | Staff sergeant | Staff sergeant | Master sergeant | Master sergeant | Master sergeant | Master sergeant | Master sergeant | Master sergeant | Sergeant | Sergeant | Sergeant | Sergeant | Sergeant | Sergeant | Master corporal | Master corporal | Master corporal | Master corporal | Corporal | Corporal | Lance corporal | Lance corporal | Lance corporal | Lance corporal | Lance corporal | Lance corporal | Private | Private |
| Equivalent NATO code | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-6 | OR-6 | OR-6 | OR-6 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-5 | OR-5 | OR-5 | OR-5 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-4 | OR-4 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-2 | OR-2 | OR-2 | OR-2 | OR-2 | OR-1 | OR-1 | OR-1 | OR-1 | OR-1 | OR-1 |

### Special case military gymnasium

Pupils (German: Zöglinge) of the Military gymnasium wear black shoulder rank insignias on their dress uniform. On the duty suits black mounting loops have to be worn. However, the particular insignia has to be in line with actual school level. The appropriate school year is symbolised by a small golden strip.

## Possible appointments in correlation to rank or grade

| Rank group | Military rank | Possible appointments/ assignments |
| Military staff (without any rank or grade) | Rekrut (Wehrmann until 1998) | Generic infantryman |
| Charges | Gefreiter | Generic infantryman |
| Charges | Korporal | Assistant squad leader |
| Charges | Zugsführer | Assistant squad leader |
| Unteroffiziere | Wachtmeister | Squad leader |
| Unteroffiziere | Oberwachtmeister | Squad leader |
| Stabsunteroffiziere | Stabswachtmeister | Squad leader (technical) Platoon leader |
| Stabsunteroffiziere | Oberstabswachtmeister | Squad leader (technical) Platoon leader |
| Stabsunteroffiziere | Offiziersstellvertreter | Platoon leader |
| Stabsunteroffiziere | Vizeleutnant | Platoon leader |
| Officers | Fähnrich | Military academy graduate and officer candidate (OA) |
| Officers | Leutnant | Platoon leader |
| Officers | Oberleutnant | Company executive officer |
| Officers | Hauptmann | Company commander |
| Officers | Major | Battalion commander (BN CDR) Headquarters company commander |
| Officers | Oberstleutnant | Battalion commander |
| Officers | Oberst | Regiment commander Brigade commander |
| General officers | Brigadier | Brigade commander |
| General officers | Generalmajor (formerly Divisionär) | Chief of Staff in the Ministry of Defence Chief of Operational Staff in the Ministry of Defence Commanding general of the Air Force |
| General officers | Generalleutnant (formerly Korpskommandant) | Commanding general of the Operational Forces |
| General officers | General | Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Bundesheer |

### Additions

To the rank or grade might be (among others) added addendums as follows.
| Abbreviation | Long version |
| A | Arzt (en: physician) |
| aD | außer Dienst (off duty) |
| dG | des Generalstabsdienstes (of the general staff service) |
| dhmfD | des höheren militärfachlichen Dienstes (of the higher military specialised service) |
| dhmtD | des höheren militärtechnischen Dienstes (of the higher military technical service) |
| dIntD | des Intendanzdienstes (of the commissariat service) |
| dRes | der Reserve (of the reserve) |
| iR | in Ruhe (retired) |
e.g.: MjrA (major physician), Lt aD (lieutenant off duty), ObstdG (colonel of the general staff service), HptmdhmtD (captain of the higher military technical service), ObstltdIntD (lieutenant colonel of the commissariat service), Olt dRes (first lieutenant of the reserve), Bgdr iR (general brigadier retired).

## Historic ranks
### Commissioned officer ranks

| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| 1918–1920 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1918–1920 | | | | | | | Oberst | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | Major | Major | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant |
| 1920–1923 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1920–1923 | General | General | | | Generalmajor / Obersbrigadier | Generalmajor / Obersbrigadier | Oberst | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | Major | Major | Stabshauptmann / Stabsrittmeister | Stabshauptmann / Stabsrittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant |
| 1923–1933 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1923–1933 | General der Waffengattung | General der Waffengattung | | | Generalmajor | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | Major | Major | Stabshauptmann / Stabsrittmeister | Stabshauptmann / Stabsrittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant |
| 1933–1938 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1933–1938 | General der Waffengattung | General der Waffengattung | Feldmarschall-Leutnant | Feldmarschall-Leutnant | Generalmajor | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | Major | Major | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Hauptmann / Rittmeister | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant |